Calamagrostis Species, Diamond Grass, Fall Blooming Reed Grass, Korean Feather Grass

Attractive grass that does fine for me in moderate shade. For an ornamental grass I'd only say it's so-so, but it's shade tolerance moves...Read More it to a positive for me.

Pros: Year-round interest. No problems with rabbits.

Update: After several years with this grass I am going to replace it. It is a decent cool season grass that grows quickly, but the seed heads only look their best for a limited time and I prefer the winter interest of native grasses. I have also had a bit of a problem with this grass collapsing under winter snow and it is seeding all throughout my rock beds, which is obnoxious. I would still consider using if a cool season grass is needed for a shady area, but would go with a different grass otherwise.

Its shade tolerance makes this is one of the most useful of grasses. Fine foliage forms neat clumps that do not spread. Very attractive f...Read Morelowers in September, luminous when backlit by the low sun. They last 8 weeks or so, but not into the winter. No winter presence.

This has been reliably hardy for me in Boston Z6a for well over a decade. Rick Darke gives its hardiness limit as Z4.

I've grown this in considerable shade for many years---dappled high shade nearly all day, with an hour or two of early morning sun---more shade than most grasses will tolerate. Plants are long-lived and bloom well. I find a few seedlings about, but this plant isn't weedy.

nice radiating form (not strictly upright) in partial shade, somewhat low water in my Denver garden; passing up quite a few other grasses...Read More, a marauding coyote ate quite a bit of one of these this spring to help it digest a cat

This grass has a different look to it in comparison of the overused but earlier flowering Karl Foerster. This Grass has nice form and g...Read Moreood contrast with the thicker leaf blades with fine texture flowers above them. This grass is supposedly more shade tolerant than most. It has another plus of keeping itself in good condition over winter to provide some winter interest. It seems slower than most grasses to establish and waits until its well established to flower well. Dieback in the first winter has been a consistant problem, even with spring plantings.